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64-97, Finished 6th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Paul Richards (64-97)
Scored 586 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-98
Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 914,945 (10th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | DH | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Bannister | 24 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Sep 3, 1951 | 3 | 73 | 35 | 73 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Francisco Barrios | 23 | R | R | 5' 11" | 155 | Jun 10, 1953 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $ | |
| Kevin Bell | 20 | R | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Jul 13, 1955 | 1st | 68 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Buddy Bradford | 31 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Jul 25, 1944 | 11 | 55 | 38 | 55 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 48 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Ken Brett | 27 | L | L | 6' 0" | 190 | Sep 18, 1948 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.9 | $ | |
| Jack Brohamer | 26 | L | R | 5' 10" | 165 | Feb 26, 1950 | 5 | 119 | 107 | 119 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | $ | |
| Clay Carroll | 35 | R | R | 6' 1" | 178 | May 2, 1941 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | $110,000 | |
| Rich Coggins | 25 | L | L | 5' 8" | 170 | Dec 7, 1950 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Bucky Dent | 24 | R | R | 5' 9" | 170 | Nov 25, 1951 | 4 | 158 | 154 | 158 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.7 | $52,000 | |
| Brian Downing | 25 | R | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Oct 9, 1950 | 4 | 104 | 89 | 104 | 93 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1.6 | $ | |
| George Enright | 22 | R | R | 5' 11" | 175 | May 9, 1954 | 1st | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Jim Essian | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Jan 2, 1951 | 4 | 78 | 64 | 78 | 78 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | $ | |
| Sam Ewing | 27 | L | L | 6' 3" | 200 | Apr 9, 1949 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Terry Forster | 24 | L | L | 6' 3" | 200 | Jan 14, 1952 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Ralph Garr | 30 | L | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Dec 12, 1945 | 9 | 136 | 123 | 136 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 42 | 58 | 151 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0.6 | $112,000 | |
| Rich Gossage HOF | 24 | R | R | 6' 3" | 180 | Jul 5, 1951 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | $ | All-Star |
| Jerry Hairston | 24 | B | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Feb 16, 1952 | 4 | 44 | 31 | 44 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Dave Hamilton | 28 | L | L | 6' 0" | 180 | Dec 13, 1947 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | $ | |
| Jesse Jefferson | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 188 | Mar 3, 1949 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.5 | $ | |
| Bart Johnson | 26 | R | R | 6' 5" | 190 | Jan 3, 1950 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $ | |
| Lamar Johnson | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 215 | Sep 2, 1950 | 3 | 82 | 55 | 82 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 0.9 | $ | |
| Cleon Jones | 33 | R | L | 6' 0" | 185 | Aug 4, 1942 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Pat Kelly | 31 | L | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Jul 30, 1944 | 10 | 107 | 78 | 107 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 63 | 25 | 4 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Chris Knapp | 22 | R | R | 6' 5" | 195 | Sep 16, 1953 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Ken Kravec | 24 | L | L | 6' 2" | 185 | Jul 29, 1951 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Jack Kucek | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Jun 8, 1953 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Chet Lemon | 21 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Feb 12, 1955 | 2 | 132 | 118 | 132 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Carlos May | 28 | L | R | 5' 11" | 200 | May 17, 1948 | 9 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Minnie Minoso | 50 | R | R | 5' 10" | 175 | Nov 29, 1925 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Larry Monroe | 20 | R | R | 6' 4" | 200 | Jun 20, 1956 | 1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Wayne Nordhagen | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Jul 4, 1948 | 1st | 22 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Nyls Nyman | 22 | L | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Mar 7, 1954 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Blue Moon Odom | 31 | R | R | 6' 0" | 178 | May 29, 1945 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Jorge Orta | 25 | L | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Nov 26, 1950 | 5 | 158 | 156 | 158 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | $ | |
| Jim Otten | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Jul 1, 1951 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Phil Roof | 35 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Mar 5, 1941 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Jim Spencer | 29 | L | L | 6' 2" | 195 | Jul 30, 1946 | 9 | 150 | 135 | 150 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Bill Stein | 29 | R | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Jan 21, 1947 | 5 | 117 | 98 | 117 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Pete Varney | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 235 | Apr 10, 1949 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Pete Vuckovich | 23 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Oct 27, 1952 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Wilbur Wood | 34 | R | L | 6' 0" | 180 | Oct 22, 1941 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | $135,000 | |
| Hugh Yancy | 25 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Oct 16, 1950 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | DH | PH | PR | WAR |